A fun Thread! Bullet Resistant Low Tech Armour

[King Leonidas]

just a fun post many of you pros already knows this but i thought it would be fun to post! if you take 2 heavy plates which you can do and layer them only frontally and take the best equipment you can if your Rich you can get 22 Front DR for 15 IBS.

24 if you want it heavier this is all from what i understand without it becoming jousting armour per say just the normal Layering armour. which by RAW you can just buy it of with 1 point perk. of course this is insanely expensive but funny thing you can do. and this is without Magic this is the armour you want when fighting that Giant hahaha.

Also a cheap version of this would be bolting on 2 cheap front plates for 800 each+ 100 bolts. something you can do with a starting character from TL4 a lot heavier though!

[DanHoward]

The thickest extant breastplates are Hussar cuirasses, which are over 8mm thick across the chest. I've previously posted eye-witness accounts of these resisting cannon shot.

https://forums.sjgames.com/showthread.php?t=168287

[King Leonidas]

Originally Posted by DanHoward

The thickest extant breastplates are Hussar cuirasses, which are over 8mm thick across the chest. I've previously posted eye-witness accounts of these resisting cannon shot.

interesting! i mean if you wanted the jousting penalty you could do this according to your rules would be 14 DR with heavy plate plus 2 from the enhancements and double layer them creating 32 DR.

[Fred Brackin]

Originally Posted by King Leonidas

juyou can get 22 Front DR for 15 IBS.

c this is the armour you want when fighting that Giant hahaha.

People following the rules of Jousting (which is basically Lance Sport) will aim at your super-heavy Breastplate.

Random missile fire will hit the Brestplate a significant amount of the time

Otherwise, "people" ((including Giants) will see you breastplate and aim somewhere else. I don't think there is really good armor for fighting Giants. Not really big Giants anyway.

[Anthony]

GURPS generally overestimates the coverage of armor, but DR 22 is roughly level III, and a frontal level III steel plate with modern steel is around 8 pounds, so 15 lb for the same capability with TL 3 steel isn't particularly unreasonable.

[King Leonidas]

Originally Posted by Anthony

GURPS generally overestimates the coverage of armor, but DR 22 is roughly level III, and a frontal level III steel plate with modern steel is around 8 pounds, so 15 lb for the same capability with TL 3 steel isn't particularly unreasonable.

Heavy Breastplate is TL 4 but yes i get your point! it would be hilarious to use this with the rules meant for basic set and Double the DR. Be a walking rich walking tank in ww1. with 46 DR breastplate.

And Fred i don't think giants would aim anywhere else. the 22DR plate is just normal armour layering rules which you can buy of with 1 point Perk in the rules. you could make it DR 24 without the jousting penalty

[Rupert]

Originally Posted by King Leonidas

And Fred i don't think giants would aim anywhere else. the 22DR plate is just normal armour layering rules which you can buy of with 1 point Perk in the rules. you could make it DR 24 without the jousting penalty

A decent-sized giant will hit you with the furry end of a tree, and while they might 'aim' at your breastplate, they'll hit you all over (Large Area Injury, B400).

[King Leonidas]

Originally Posted by Rupert

A decent-sized giant will hit you with the furry end of a tree, and while they might 'aim' at your breastplate, they'll hit you all over (Large Area Injury, B400).

could still be effective. but thanks! Damage Resistance protects normally
against large-area injury – but if
your DR varies by location, your
“effective DR” is the average of your
torso DR and the DR of the least protected
hit location exposed to the
attack (which could still be your
torso), rounding up. If your DR varies
against different attacks, “least protected”
refers to the location with the
lowest DR against that particular type
of attack.

[King Leonidas]

i calculated the weight wrong i added tailoring expert and tailoring master

[dcarson]

If I was a giant I'd arm myself with either a giant size golf club or cement tamper.